190728-N-KM072-002 (KEY WEST, Fla.) Future Navy ship USS Billings (LCS 15) arrives at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor in preparation for her commissioning ceremony Aug. 3. Billings is the 17th littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Freedom variant. It is the first ship named for Billings, the largest city in the state of Montana. Naval Air Station Key West is the state-of-the-art facility for combat fighter aircraft of all military services, provides world-class pierside support to and foreign naval vessels, and is the premier training center fo

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190728-N-KM072-002 (KEY WEST, Fla.) Future Navy ship USS Billings (LCS 15) arrives at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor in preparation for her commissioning ceremony Aug. 3. Billings is the 17th littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Freedom variant. It is the first ship named for Billings, the largest city in the state of Montana. Naval Air Station Key West is the state-of-the-art facility for combat fighter aircraft of all military services, provides world-class pierside support to and foreign naval vessels, and is the premier training center for surface and subsurface military operations. ( Navy photo by Danette Baso Silvers)

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